Correction: Andre Johnson’s did have a surgical procedure

In the previous post, I listed the facts the public knew at the time about Andre Johnson’s hamstring injury, and the speculation of what medical or surgical procedure that could be done that possibly could have a quick recovery time.

I received information from a source I trust that contrary to my previous post, Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson did have a surgical procedure on the distal tendon of his hamstring and not Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy. [Clarification-He had surgery + PRP according to what I’ve been told subsequent to the publication of this story] Surgery done by someone very familiar with doing it. This is not confirmed with anyone from the Texans nor his agent as they do not publicly wish to talk about it. I was told that the procedure went well, and like what others have been hearing, that the anticipated recovery time is three weeks.

Don’t ask me to tell you what surgical procedures on the distal hamstring tendon result in a three week recovery time based on what information you can find on the interwebs, because I can’t find it. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist however. I am not a doctor, nor should I play one on the interweb.

[Update 10:00 AM Thursday: A person familiar with his treatment indicates that it involves cleaning up a portion of tendon not essential to the functioning of the leg. The intention is to reduce pain, avoid scar tissue. This characterization of the procedure is consistent with other reports that suggest a short recovery time.]

As my last post demonstrates, it is hard to find details on subjects that people don’t want you to have information about.

In today’s news, Texans coach Gary Kubiak provided a few additional details about his injury and said his procedure went well:

All the information that we’re getting moving forward is very positive, so that’s a good thing. He did have the procedure done yesterday. We’re not putting any timeline on anything right now. We just know that everything went well. The doctor feels good about it. Andre feels good about it. He should be back here sometime maybe this afternoon and we start our rehab and move forward. We’re going to miss him for a period of time. We’re going to have to have some guys step up and play well.

(on if there’s a timetable that usually goes with the procedure that WR Andre Johnson had) “No, Kap (Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer Geoff Kaplan) could probably give you more information on that. I just know that we had it done yesterday. Obviously, I’m in game-plan and stuff on Tuesdays. The biggest thing for me and for the team, me talking to the team is just how positive everybody feels about moving forward. I’m listening to the doctors, listening to Kap, listening to Andre. I had a great talk with Andre yesterday. We know we’re going to get our captain back and that’s a great thing. We’ve just got to go to work on getting that done.”